You may be thinking that the challenge I set involved Burpees, Sprints, or some other extreme exercise challenge that would leave you in a puddle of sweat on the floor.

But I didn’t.

In fact, the challenge didn’t involve ANY form of exercise AT ALL!

The challenge was simple, but as it turned out, EXTREMELY difficult to do.

The challenge was this;

Name 5 things that you love about yourself right now

This challenge as it turned out, became a great learning curve for many of our Lean in 2019 members.
They had no problem helping each other name dozens of things that they loved about each other, but when it came to naming just 5 things that they loved about themselves, they struggled.

This is very common and I would hazard a guess that many of you reading this post right now are struggling to come up with 5 things.

Why is that?
Why is it that we can name endless things about our family and fiends that we love about them, but when it comes to ourselves, we almost feel ashamed to think of things?

In fact, I would say that we could easily rhyme of MANY things we DON’T like about ourselves.

That is NOT the way things should be.

This mindset is also the reason that we can struggle when it comes to achieving our health, fitness and bodyweight goals.

Think about all the times you have slipped up on your diet.
Think about all the times you have missed training.

What was the default thing that many of us do when those 2 things happen?

We ‘punish’ ourselves for doing it with food and drink.

This can start a downward spiral for many of us on our weight loss journeys and it can take months to get back on track once this starts to happen.

But, here’s the thing!

It doesn’t have to be this way.
In fact it NEVER has to be this way.

We need to learn to ‘LOVE’ ourselves so that when things like this happen, we can ‘FORGIVE’ ourselves and get back on track.

So, here is your challenge for this week.

Name 5 things that you love about yourself.

Don’t say that you don’t have any, because each and every one of you have values that your family and friends could write a book with.

You just need to start to realise this, be grateful for the qualities you have and use it to become a better version of you.

You will be glad that you did.
#leanin2019

Our next Lean in 2019 program starts on February 18th and we are always welcoming new members into our gym.